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Northumberland

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Hud's Head
Beal Point
Lowmoor Point
Ross Point
Kiln Point
Budle Point
Blackrocks Point
Snook or North Sunderland Point
Red Brae or Dell Point
Newton Point
Castle Point
Cullernose Point
Seaton Point
Pan Point
Wellhaugh Point
Snab Point
Beacon Point
Newbiggin Point
Spital Point
Crag Point
Curry's Point
Brown's Point
Tynemouth North Point
Sharpness Point
Freestone Point
Lindisfarne

(Listed clockwise from causeway)

Snook Point
Snipe Pint
Emmanuel Head
Castle Point

County Durham

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Trow Point
Lizard Point
Souter Point
Nose's Point
Chourdon Point
Hive Point
Beacon Point
Shippersea Point
Hartlepool Point
Inscar Point

North Yorkshire

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Ness Point or North Cheek
Old Peak or South Cheek
Blea Wyke Point
Hundale Point
Long Nab
Cromer Point
Scalby Ness
White Nab
Osgodby Point

Norfolk

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St Edmund's Point
Gore Point
Scolt Head
High Cape
Blakeney Point*
Marl Point
Little Marl Point
Winterton Ness
Caister Point

Suffolk

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Lowestoft Ness*
(most easterly point of UK)
Benacre Ness
Thorpe Ness
Orford Ness*
Landguard Point
Bloody Point

Essex

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Stone Point
The Naze*
Sandy Point
Chevaux de frise Point
Colne Point
Sandy Point
St Osyth Stone Point
Westmarsh Point
Shinglehead Point
Mill Point
Decoy Point
Mundon Stone Point
Sales Point
Holliwell Point
Wallasea Ness
Foulness Point
Shoebury Ness*
Canvey Point
Shellhaven Point

Kent

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Lower Hope Point
West Point
Foreness Point
White Ness
North Foreland*
Shell Ness
Hope Point
South Foreland*
Copt Point
Dungeness*
Isle of Sheppey

Listed clockwise from Kingsferry Bridge

Garrison Point
Barton's Point
Warden Point
Shell Ness
Spitend Point

East Sussex

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Langney Point
Beachy Head*

West Sussex

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Selsey Bill*
East Head
Cobnor Point
Longmere Point
Marker Point

Hampshire

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Gilkicker Point
Browndown Point
Calshot Spit
Stone Point
Needs Ore Point
Hurst Castle Spit
Hayling Island
Black Point
Eastoke Point

Isle of Wight

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(Listed clockwise from East Cowes)

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Old Castle Point
Puckpool Point
Nettlestone Point
Horestone Point
Node's Point
Bembridge Point
Foreland
Dunnose
Woody Point
Binnel Point
St. Catherine's Point*
Atherfield Point
Hanover Point
New Ditch Point
The Needles*
Hatherwood Point
Warden Point
Sconce Point
Hamstead Point
Egypt Point

Dorset

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Hengistbury Head* Sandstone cliffs and spit between Christchurch Bay and Poole Bay. Forms the southern boundary of Christchurch Harbour SZ163911
North Haven Point
South Haven Point
The Foreland or Handfast Point* Chalk cliffs and stacks. Together with Ballard Point, The Foreland separates Studland Bay to the north from Swanage Bay to the south.
Ballard Point Chalk cliffs. Together with The Foreland, Ballard Point separates Studland Bay to the north from Swanage Bay to the south. SZ025812
Peveril Point* Low cliffs composed of Purbeck and Portland limestone and shale. Separates Swanage Bay to the north from Durlston Bay to the south.
Durlston Head*
Anvil Point
St Aldhelm's Point or St Alban's Head 50.5788
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Egmont Point
Worbarrow Tout 50.6156
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Bat's Head
White Nothe
Redcliff Point
Portland Bill or Bill of Portland*
Golden Cap

Physical geography

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Dorset covers an area of 2,653 km2 (1,024 sq mi) and contains considerable variety in its underlying geology, which is partly responsible for the diversity of landscape.[1][2][3] A large percentage (66%) of the county comprises either chalk, clay or mixed sand and gravels, but the remainder is more complex and contains hard rock such as Portland or Purbeck stone, other limestones, calcareous clays and shales.[4] Both Portland and Purbeck stone are of national importance as a building material and for restoring some of Britain's most famous landmarks. [5][6] Almost every type of rock known from the Early Jurassic epoch through to the Eocene epoch can be found within the county.[7][8]

map of Dorset showing underlying geology
Geology map of Dorset

Dorset has a number of limestone ridges, which are mostly covered in either arable fields or calcareous grassland supporting sheep.[9] These limestone areas include a wide band of Cretaceous chalk which crosses the county as a range of hills from north-east to south-west, incorporating Cranborne Chase and the Dorset Downs, and a narrow band running from south-west to south-east, incorporating the Purbeck Hills.[10][11] Between the chalk hills are large, wide vales with wide flood plains.[8] These vales are dotted with small villages, farms and coppices,[12] and include the Blackmore Vale (Stour valley) and Frome valley.[11] The Blackmore Vale is composed of older Jurassic deposits, largely clays interspersed with limestones[8], and has traditionally been a centre for dairy agriculture.[13] South-east Dorset, including the lower Frome valley and around Poole and Bournemouth, lies on younger Eocene deposits,[8] mainly sands and clays of poor agricultural quality.[14] The soils created from these deposits support a heathland habitat which sustains all six native British reptile species.[15] In the far west of the county there are frequent changes in rock strata, which appear in a less obviously sequential way compared to the chalklands and vales further east.[16] This results in a hilly landscape of diverse character that resembles that of neighbouring West Country county Devon.[17] Marshwood Vale, a valley of Lower Lias clay at the western tip of the county,[18] lies to the south of the two highest points in Dorset: Lewesdon Hill at 279 m (915 ft) and Pilsdon Pen at 277 m (909 ft).[19]

A former river valley flooded by rising sea levels 6,000 years ago, Poole Harbour is one of the largest natural harbours in the world.[20][21] The harbour is very shallow in places and contains a number of islands, notably Brownsea Island, the birthplace of the Scouting movement and one of the few remaining sanctuaries for indigenous red squirrels in England.[22] The harbour, and the chalk and limestone hills of the Isle of Purbeck to the south, lie atop Western Europe's largest onshore oil field. The field, operated by BP from Wytch Farm, has the world's oldest continuously pumping well at Kimmeridge which has been producing oil since the early 1960s. [23][24]

Dorset's varied geography also ensures it has a variety of rivers, although a modest annual rainfall averaging around 900 mm (35 in), coupled with rolling hills, means most are characteristically lowland in nature.[25] Much of the county drains into three rivers, the Frome, Piddle and Stour which all flow to the sea in a south-easterly direction.[26] The Frome and Piddle are chalk streams but the Stour, which rises in Wiltshire to the north, has its origins in clay soil.[27] The River Avon, which flows mainly through Wiltshire and Hampshire, enters Dorset towards the end of its journey at Christchurch Harbour.[28] The rivers Axe and Yeo, which principally drain the counties of Devon and Somerset respectively, have their sources in the north-west of the county, while in the south-west, a large number of small rivers run into the sea along the Dorset coastline; most notable of these are the Char, Brit, Bride and Wey.[29]

photograph of Durdle Door arch near Lulworth
Durdle Door natural arch near Lulworth Cove

Most of Dorset's coastline forms the major part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site, which stretches for 95 miles between Exmouth in Devon and Studland in Dorset. This coast documents the entire Mesozoic era, from Triassic to Cretaceous and is noted for its geological landforms.[30] The Dorset section has yielded important fossils, including the first complete Ichthyosaur and Jurassic trees.[30]It also features notable coastal landforms, including textbook examples of a cove (Lulworth Cove), a natural arch (Durdle Door)[31] and, at the most easterly part of the Jurassic Coast, the chalk stacks known as Old Harry Rocks.[32] Jutting out into the English Channel at roughly the midpoint of the Dorset coastline is the Isle of Portland, a limestone island that is connected to the mainland by Chesil Beach, a 17-mile (27 km) long shingle barrier beach protecting Britain's largest tidal lagoon.[33][34]

The county has one of the highest proportion of conservation areas in England—including two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty which together cover 53% of the county.[35][36] There is also a 114 km (71 mi) World Heritage Site,[37] two Heritage Coasts totaling 92 km (57 mi)[37] and Sites of Special Scientific interest covering 199.45 km2 (77 sq mi).[38] The South West Coast Path, a National Trail, runs along the Dorset coast from the Devon boundary to South Haven Point near Poole.[39]

References

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  1. ^ "Dorset Data Book". Dorset County Council. 2010. p. 8. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  2. ^ Draper (p.136)
  3. ^ Chaffey (p.5)
  4. ^ Draper (pp.136–137)
  5. ^ "Dorset's Minerals Core Strategy" (PDF). Dorset County Council. p. 22. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Planning for Minerals and Waste (newsletter number 8)" (PDF). Dorset For You. p. 3. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  7. ^ Chaffey (p.9)
  8. ^ a b c d "Geology of Britain Viewer". British Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  9. ^ Cullingford (P.91)
  10. ^ Chaffey (p.43)
  11. ^ a b Chaffey (p.11)
  12. ^ Chaffey (pp.23–26)
  13. ^ Wightman, R., Portrait of Dorset, Hale, 1983, p15 ISBN 0 7090 0844 9
  14. ^ Wightman, R., Portrait of Dorset, Hale, 1983, pp22-25 ISBN 0 7090 0844 9
  15. ^ "Dorset's Heathland Reptiles". Dorset County Council. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  16. ^ Wightman, R. "Portrait Of Dorset", Hale, 1983, p19 ISBN 0 7090 0844 9
  17. ^ Wightman, R. "PortraitOf Dorset", Hale, 1983, p10 ISBN 0 7090 0844 9
  18. ^ Paul, Ensom (1998). Discover Dorset: Geology. Wimborne: Dovecote Press. p. 21. ISBN 1-874336-52-0.
  19. ^ Chaffey (p.54)
  20. ^ "Harbour Masters". Bournemouth Daily Echo. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  21. ^ "About Us". Poole Harbour Commissioners. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  22. ^ "Nature Conservation and Landscape" (PDF). Poole Harbour Management Plan. Poole Harbour Commissioners. 2006. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  23. ^ Cullingford (p.122)
  24. ^ "Wytch Farm" (PDF). Asset Portfolio. BP. 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February. Retrieved 8 March 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archivedate= (help)
  25. ^ Wright (p.7)
  26. ^ Wright (pp.6–7)
  27. ^ Wright (pp.7–14)
  28. ^ Wright (pp.16–17)
  29. ^ Wright (p.17)
  30. ^ a b "Jurassic coast is world wonder". BBC News. 13 December 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  31. ^ "Path Description - Dorset". South West Footpath Association. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  32. ^ "Old Harry Rocks". Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  33. ^ "Jewels of the Jurassic Coast". West Dorset District Council. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  34. ^ Chaffey (pp.68–70)
  35. ^ "Dorset, Bournemouth, Poole Brief". Government Office for South-West. May 2010. p. 1. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  36. ^ planning constraints DFY "Planning constraints". Dorset for You. Dorset County Council. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2011. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  37. ^ a b "Length of coastline and coastal designations". Dorset County Council. 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2007.
  38. ^ "Nature Conservation Designations - SSSIs". Dorset County Council. 2007. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2007.
  39. ^ "The South West Coast Path". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 30 January 2012.

West Dorset parish populations

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Rank Parish Population Current Wikipedia description
1 Dorchester 19,060 County town
2 Sherborne 9,523 Market town
3 Bridport 8,332 Market town
4 Chickerell 5,515 Town
5 Lyme Regis 3,671 Coastal town
6 Beaminster 3,136 Small town
7 Charminster 2,940 Village
8 Bradpole 2,339 Village
9 Crossways 2,267 Village
10 Bothenhampton 2,131 Village
11 Puddletown 1,405 Village
12 Broadwindsor 1,378 Village
13 Charmouth 1,352 Village
14 Netherbury 1,314 Village
15 Broadmayne 1,204 Village
16 Maiden Newton 1,119 Village
17 Yetminster 1,105 Village
18 Symondsbury 1,059 Village
19 Bradford Abbas 975 Village
20 Burton Bradstock 948 Village
21 Thornford 939 Village
22 Cerne Abbas 784 Village
23 Allington 766 Village
24 Winterborne St Martin 755 Village
25 Thorncombe 687 Village
26 Chideock 686 Village
27 Portesham 685
28 Whitchurch Canonicorum 684 Village
29 Osmington 673 Village
30 Piddletrenthide 647 Village
31 Buckland Newton 622 Village
32 Mosterton 604 Village
33 Stratton 592 Village
34 Halstock 546 Village
35 Frampton 524 Village
36 Loders 518 Village
37 Bincombe 514 Village or hamlet
38 Cattistock 509 Village
39 Abbotsbury 481 Large village
40 Leigh 480 Village
41 Longburton 470 Village
42 Owermoigne 467 Village
43 Puncknowle 466 Village
44 Tolpuddle 452 Small village
45 Corscombe 445 Village
46 Sydling St Nicholas 414 Village
47 Piddlehinton 403 Village
48 Bishop's Caundle 398 Small village
49 Shipton Gorge 381 Village
50 West Knighton 375 Village
51 Bradford Peverell 370 Village
52 Holwell 369 Village
53 South Perrott 367 Village
54 Litton Cheney 359 Village
55 Powerstock 358 Village
56 Winterbourne Abbas 355 Village
57 Marshwood 346 Village
58 Wootton Fitzpaine 345 Village
59 Chetnole 344 Village
60 Holnest 342 Village
61 Folke 339 Parish/hamlet
62= Evershot 334 Village
62= Stinsford 334 Village
64 Nether Compton 328 Village
65 Hilfield 324 Hamlet
66 Trent 317 Village
67 Toller Porcorum 307 Village
68 Winterbourne Steepleton 297 Village
69 Cheselbourne 296 Village
70 West Stafford 291 Village
71 Dewlish 284 Village
72 Langton Herring 240 Village
73 Stoke Abbott 238 Village
74 Tincleton 236 Village
75 Purse Caundle 221 Village
76 Long Bredy 208 Village
77 Melbury Osmond 199 Village
78 Wynford Eagle 186 Hamlet
79 Minterne Magna 184 Village
80 Over Compton 183 Village
81 Sandford Orcas 180 Village
82 Alton Pancras 175 Small village
83 Winterborne Herringston 174 (no article)
84 Frome St. Quintin 171 Village
85 Rampisham 163 Village
86 Warmwell 161 Hamlet
87 Hooke 157 Small village
88 Godmanstone 156 Village
89 Castleton 155 Civil parish
90 Askerswell 154 Small village
91 Frome Vauchurch 149 Parish / hamlet
92 Melcombe Horsey 141 Village
93 Poyntington 128 Village
94 Littlebredy 121 Small village
95 Burstock 120 Village
96 Ryme Intrinseca 115 Village
97 Swyre 102 Village
98 Oborne 101 Village
99-138 Athelhampton, Batcombe, Beer Hackett, Bettiscombe, Burleston, Catherston Leweston, Caundle Marsh, Chedington, Chilcombe, Chilfrome, Clifton Maybank, Compton Valence, East Chelborough, Fleet, Goathill, Haydon, Hermitage, Kingston Russell, Leweston, Lillington, Mapperton, Melbury Bubb, Melbury Sampford, Nether Cerne, North Poorton, North Wootton, Pilsdon, Poxwell, Seaborough, Stanton St. Gabriel, Stockwood, Toller Fratrum, Up Cerne, West Chelborough, West Compton, Whitcombe, Winterborne Came, Winterborne Monkton, Woodsford, Wraxall 100 or less (no data) The smallest parishes, described as:
Village - 3
Small village - 7
Very small village - 1
Hamlet - 14
Other - 7
Redirect - 2
I had previously considered these IP edits to be the actions of a local resident who wasn't looking at the wider picture, hence my construction of the above table and my numerous attempts on the different IP talk pages to direct the editor to this page. A closer look at the article history however reveals something more disruptive. The first insertion of "small" was made by a registered editor on 25 July 2012 (here). An inspection of that editor's own talk page is illuminating, as is the edit they made here. Back to the history of this article, on 16 April 2013 an IP editor who geolocates to Calne in Wiltshire at first changed the 2001 Census population figure from 708 to 4 (see here), then almost immediately completely removed the whole sentence about the village's population (here). Subsequently a number of different IPs, geolocating to several towns in Wiltshire or Hampshire, have repeatedly inserted "small" and sometimes also removed the sourced sentence about the parish of Portesham being quite large:
5 May 2013: Diff Geolocates to Winchester, Hampshire.
11 June 2013: Diff Geolocates to Marlborough, Wiltshire.
13 June 2013: Diff and Diff Geolocates to Winchester, Hampshire.
14 June 2013 Diff Same IP as for 13 June
20 June 2013 Diff Geolocates to Marlborough, Wiltshire.
22 June 2013 Diff Geolocates to Salisbury, Wiltshire. This edit also changed "West Dorset administrative district" to "South Dorset administrative district", which doesn't actually exist.
24 June 2013 Diff Geolocates to Calne, Wiltshire.
6 July 2013 Diff Geolocates to Salisbury, Wiltshire.